mossad Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian terrorist group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel’s secret service, US officials tell NBC News, confirming charges leveled by Iran’s leaders.
The group, the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), has long been designated as a terrorist group by the United States, accused of killing American servicemen and contractors in the 1970s before breaking with the Iranian government in 1980.
The attacks, which have killed five Iranian nuclear scientists since 2007 and may have destroyed a missile research and development site, have been carried out in dramatic fashion, with motorcycle-borne assailants often attaching small magnetic bombs to the exterior of the victims’ cars.
US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, claimed the Obama administration is aware of the assassination campaign but has no direct involvement.
The Iranians have no doubt who is responsible--Israel and the MKO.
“The relation is very intricate and close,” said Mohammad Javad Larijani, a senior aide to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Leader of Islamic Revolution, speaking of the MKO and Israel. “They (Israelis) are paying … the Mujahedin. Some of their (MKO) agents … (are) providing Israel with information. And they recruit and also manage logistical support.”

Mossad Training MKO
Moreover, he said, the Mossad, the Israeli secret service, is training MKO members in Israel on the use of motorcycles and small bombs. In one case, he said, Mossad agents built a replica of the home of an Iranian nuclear scientist so that the assassins could familiarize themselves with the layout prior to the attack.
Much of what the Iranian government knows of the attacks and the links between Israel and MKO comes from interrogation of an assassin who failed to carry out an attack in late 2010 and the materials found on him, Larijani said.